Triton XX did not get what I wanted...

I went for a nice sceatta, but alas. However, I have Iulia Domna too, of Thomas Bentley Cederlind, that I bought some months ago.

 

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That is one fabulous coin!

 

Sweet addition, Pellimore ... ummm, is that a lion biga, or an oxen biga? (either way, it's very cool)

 

Now that you mention it... it was described as an oxen biga, but I found that hard to ascertain. Is there anybody who knows more about this?

 

Looks more like a hybrid cross....
Head resembles lioness/rest of body horse

 

That Julia reminds me of the Caracalla from that period with biga of oxen. I have to wonder if the die started as a Caracalla reverse and was finished as a Domna.

 

That's me in the front row. Aisle seat on the first table on the right. Just a part of my head is peaking out!

 

A lot of younger folks around, that's good!

 

It should be a biga of horses.

Proper attribution for the reverse of this particular coin:
Luna driving a biga of horxen left

 

I still think its Lioxen! The head definately are female lioness....

 

But they have hooves.

 

The liger is my favorite animal.

 

Yes, the head=lioness/rest oxen

 

Lioness head horse body. Tail is to thick for oxen. Body shape and hooves of a horse.

 

I agree! Man, you would have a really hard time, with a team of oxen. Take you a day to go a kilometre

 

Sure => but you'd only have to make "one" trip because they'd pull the whole lot!!

 

I bought this one recently in the secondary market. It was in the same lot of 59 denarii (lot 614).


Roman AR Denarius, 3.66 g, 18.2 mm, 1 h.
Rome mint, AD 195.
Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust right.
Rev: VESTA, Vesta seated left, holding palladium in right hand, transverse scepter in left.
Refs: RIC 582; BMCRE --; Cohen 223 var. (aureus); RCV --; Hill 187; CRE 415.
Notes: Ex-Perron collection 1960; ex-A.K. collection; ex-CNG lot #614, Triton XX.

 

I really like the melancholic portrait on that one. I've picked up a few from that particular lot as well; this is probably my favorite:


JULIA DOMNA
AR Denarius. 2.93g, 20.3mm. Rome mint, AD 211 (under Caracalla). RIC IV (Caracalla) 381. O: IVLIA PIA FELIX AVG, draped bust right; hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun on back; five ridges. R: MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR, Julia Domna seated left, holding branch extended in right hand, sceptre transverse, pointing up to right, in left.
Ex A.K. Collection (Triton XX, 9 Jan 17, Part of Lot 614); ex stock Münzen und Medaillen Basel 1969

 

Lovely!